Future Hindsight
@futurehindsight.bsky.social
🎙 A podcast that gives voice to civic engagement, one episode at a time. Tune in weekly for new ways to #BeTheSpark!
Hosted by Mila Atmos / Posts by Zack!
Hosted by Mila Atmos / Posts by Zack!
Wishing you rest, community, and good conversations this holiday season.
See you in 2026 with more tools for organising and building power to protect democracy.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Future Hindsight 🎄
See you in 2026 with more tools for organising and building power to protect democracy.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Future Hindsight 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wishing you rest, community, and good conversations this holiday season.
See you in 2026 with more tools for organising and building power to protect democracy.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Future Hindsight 🎄
See you in 2026 with more tools for organising and building power to protect democracy.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Future Hindsight 🎄
Who are you influencing? Your spouse. Your neighbor. Your sibling. Your kid.
We're radically interdependent. Use that power.
We're radically interdependent. Use that power.
December 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Who are you influencing? Your spouse. Your neighbor. Your sibling. Your kid.
We're radically interdependent. Use that power.
We're radically interdependent. Use that power.
#ICYMI - Action is the path to real power. It might sound simple, but hang with me a second.
This week, Michael Brownstein helps us discover how reorienting personal choices toward collective organizing - not just recycling alone, but organizing neighbors while recycling - is what creates change. 🎙
This week, Michael Brownstein helps us discover how reorienting personal choices toward collective organizing - not just recycling alone, but organizing neighbors while recycling - is what creates change. 🎙
December 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#ICYMI - Action is the path to real power. It might sound simple, but hang with me a second.
This week, Michael Brownstein helps us discover how reorienting personal choices toward collective organizing - not just recycling alone, but organizing neighbors while recycling - is what creates change. 🎙
This week, Michael Brownstein helps us discover how reorienting personal choices toward collective organizing - not just recycling alone, but organizing neighbors while recycling - is what creates change. 🎙
Despair isn't solved by hoping. It's solved by doing.
Join us with Michael Brownstein to discover why doing anything beats doing nothing – and why doing it with others is what turns action into power.
Ready to stop being a passive bystander?: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
Join us with Michael Brownstein to discover why doing anything beats doing nothing – and why doing it with others is what turns action into power.
Ready to stop being a passive bystander?: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
December 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Despair isn't solved by hoping. It's solved by doing.
Join us with Michael Brownstein to discover why doing anything beats doing nothing – and why doing it with others is what turns action into power.
Ready to stop being a passive bystander?: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
Join us with Michael Brownstein to discover why doing anything beats doing nothing – and why doing it with others is what turns action into power.
Ready to stop being a passive bystander?: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
The greatest hope for change may not be what you think.
Join us with Michael Brownstein to explore why unpredictability is motivating: nobody knew the Temperance Movement would amend the Constitution after a century – until it did. Change could be tomorrow: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
Join us with Michael Brownstein to explore why unpredictability is motivating: nobody knew the Temperance Movement would amend the Constitution after a century – until it did. Change could be tomorrow: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The greatest hope for change may not be what you think.
Join us with Michael Brownstein to explore why unpredictability is motivating: nobody knew the Temperance Movement would amend the Constitution after a century – until it did. Change could be tomorrow: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
Join us with Michael Brownstein to explore why unpredictability is motivating: nobody knew the Temperance Movement would amend the Constitution after a century – until it did. Change could be tomorrow: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
Real change starts with trying something, seeing what works, then adjusting.
Join us with Michael Brownstein to discover why an experimental mindset – like Zohran Mamdani's "we'll try it. If it works, great. If not, we'll adjust" – opens many possibilities: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
Join us with Michael Brownstein to discover why an experimental mindset – like Zohran Mamdani's "we'll try it. If it works, great. If not, we'll adjust" – opens many possibilities: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
December 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Real change starts with trying something, seeing what works, then adjusting.
Join us with Michael Brownstein to discover why an experimental mindset – like Zohran Mamdani's "we'll try it. If it works, great. If not, we'll adjust" – opens many possibilities: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
Join us with Michael Brownstein to discover why an experimental mindset – like Zohran Mamdani's "we'll try it. If it works, great. If not, we'll adjust" – opens many possibilities: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
Stop thinking: "If I recycle this bottle, how much CO2 did I save?"
Start thinking: "If my coworker sees me go out of my way to recycle, what conversation might that spark?"
Your choices matter less for their material impact and more for their social signal.
Start thinking: "If my coworker sees me go out of my way to recycle, what conversation might that spark?"
Your choices matter less for their material impact and more for their social signal.
December 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Stop thinking: "If I recycle this bottle, how much CO2 did I save?"
Start thinking: "If my coworker sees me go out of my way to recycle, what conversation might that spark?"
Your choices matter less for their material impact and more for their social signal.
Start thinking: "If my coworker sees me go out of my way to recycle, what conversation might that spark?"
Your choices matter less for their material impact and more for their social signal.
There’s a constant swirl of complaints out there, especially on social media. But most of these complainers are passive bystanders. …is that you?
No action = No change! Tune in to discover how you can reorient your choices to create real systemic change: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
No action = No change! Tune in to discover how you can reorient your choices to create real systemic change: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
December 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
There’s a constant swirl of complaints out there, especially on social media. But most of these complainers are passive bystanders. …is that you?
No action = No change! Tune in to discover how you can reorient your choices to create real systemic change: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
No action = No change! Tune in to discover how you can reorient your choices to create real systemic change: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/you...
Real change isn't about being perfect as an individual. No amount of separating your recyclables can solve the climate crisis.
Really, it's about using your personal choices to build collective power! Would you like to know how? 🧵(1/3)
Really, it's about using your personal choices to build collective power! Would you like to know how? 🧵(1/3)
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Real change isn't about being perfect as an individual. No amount of separating your recyclables can solve the climate crisis.
Really, it's about using your personal choices to build collective power! Would you like to know how? 🧵(1/3)
Really, it's about using your personal choices to build collective power! Would you like to know how? 🧵(1/3)
TOMORROW: Corporate America invented our "personal responsibilities" to avoid regulation.
Join us with Michael Brownstein to learn how individual action became a trap – and how collective power actually works.
Tune in TOMORROW wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
Join us with Michael Brownstein to learn how individual action became a trap – and how collective power actually works.
Tune in TOMORROW wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
TOMORROW: Corporate America invented our "personal responsibilities" to avoid regulation.
Join us with Michael Brownstein to learn how individual action became a trap – and how collective power actually works.
Tune in TOMORROW wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
Join us with Michael Brownstein to learn how individual action became a trap – and how collective power actually works.
Tune in TOMORROW wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
The most persuasive voice in your life isn't a podcast host or Twitter account.
It's your neighbor. Your friend from high school. Your uncle at Thanksgiving.
So, start building actual human networks. Go to a game. Have a barbecue.
Coalition building isn't digital. It's showing up in person.
It's your neighbor. Your friend from high school. Your uncle at Thanksgiving.
So, start building actual human networks. Go to a game. Have a barbecue.
Coalition building isn't digital. It's showing up in person.
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The most persuasive voice in your life isn't a podcast host or Twitter account.
It's your neighbor. Your friend from high school. Your uncle at Thanksgiving.
So, start building actual human networks. Go to a game. Have a barbecue.
Coalition building isn't digital. It's showing up in person.
It's your neighbor. Your friend from high school. Your uncle at Thanksgiving.
So, start building actual human networks. Go to a game. Have a barbecue.
Coalition building isn't digital. It's showing up in person.
#ICYMI - Affordability is how Democrats win.
Tune in with Rick Wilson to see how Mamdani in NYC, Spanberger in Virginia, and Sherrill in New Jersey all won by talking about rent, transit, electricity – not culture wars or luxury issues.
Tune in with Rick Wilson to see how Mamdani in NYC, Spanberger in Virginia, and Sherrill in New Jersey all won by talking about rent, transit, electricity – not culture wars or luxury issues.
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#ICYMI - Affordability is how Democrats win.
Tune in with Rick Wilson to see how Mamdani in NYC, Spanberger in Virginia, and Sherrill in New Jersey all won by talking about rent, transit, electricity – not culture wars or luxury issues.
Tune in with Rick Wilson to see how Mamdani in NYC, Spanberger in Virginia, and Sherrill in New Jersey all won by talking about rent, transit, electricity – not culture wars or luxury issues.
Republicans never go off message, but Democrats can't pick one and stick to it.
Join us with Rick Wilson of Project Lincoln to learn why message discipline is a Republican superpower — and how Democrats waste precious campaign days on issues polling at 1%: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
Join us with Rick Wilson of Project Lincoln to learn why message discipline is a Republican superpower — and how Democrats waste precious campaign days on issues polling at 1%: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Republicans never go off message, but Democrats can't pick one and stick to it.
Join us with Rick Wilson of Project Lincoln to learn why message discipline is a Republican superpower — and how Democrats waste precious campaign days on issues polling at 1%: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
Join us with Rick Wilson of Project Lincoln to learn why message discipline is a Republican superpower — and how Democrats waste precious campaign days on issues polling at 1%: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
Culture war ads target one audience: middle America voters who can be scared into believing "they're coming for your jobs."
Learn why winning means saying "I care about 150,000 unemployed people in Northern Virginia" – and moving to economic terrain: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
Learn why winning means saying "I care about 150,000 unemployed people in Northern Virginia" – and moving to economic terrain: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
December 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Culture war ads target one audience: middle America voters who can be scared into believing "they're coming for your jobs."
Learn why winning means saying "I care about 150,000 unemployed people in Northern Virginia" – and moving to economic terrain: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
Learn why winning means saying "I care about 150,000 unemployed people in Northern Virginia" – and moving to economic terrain: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
Are Democrats blocking their own wins? Time to face reality.
Join us with Rick Wilson to discover why policy papers and culture war debates aren't enough anymore – we need message discipline on the economy to win elections.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
Join us with Rick Wilson to discover why policy papers and culture war debates aren't enough anymore – we need message discipline on the economy to win elections.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Are Democrats blocking their own wins? Time to face reality.
Join us with Rick Wilson to discover why policy papers and culture war debates aren't enough anymore – we need message discipline on the economy to win elections.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
Join us with Rick Wilson to discover why policy papers and culture war debates aren't enough anymore – we need message discipline on the economy to win elections.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
62% of voters say inflation, prices, economy, and jobs matter most.
Climate change? 4%. DEI? 1%.
Those issues are not unimportant. But they don't win elections.
Democrats need to run on what voters actually say they need.
340 days until the next election. Just sayin’.
Climate change? 4%. DEI? 1%.
Those issues are not unimportant. But they don't win elections.
Democrats need to run on what voters actually say they need.
340 days until the next election. Just sayin’.
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
62% of voters say inflation, prices, economy, and jobs matter most.
Climate change? 4%. DEI? 1%.
Those issues are not unimportant. But they don't win elections.
Democrats need to run on what voters actually say they need.
340 days until the next election. Just sayin’.
Climate change? 4%. DEI? 1%.
Those issues are not unimportant. But they don't win elections.
Democrats need to run on what voters actually say they need.
340 days until the next election. Just sayin’.
Looking for real change? Start by having conversations with actual humans. Like… close the app right now and go talk to someone!
Join us with Rick Wilson to learn why in-person coalition building beats online rage.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
Join us with Rick Wilson to learn why in-person coalition building beats online rage.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
On Being Pro-Democracy: Rick Wilson — Future Hindsight
We discuss how being pro-democracy is a big tent coalition. In fact, it is our national identity.
www.futurehindsight.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Looking for real change? Start by having conversations with actual humans. Like… close the app right now and go talk to someone!
Join us with Rick Wilson to learn why in-person coalition building beats online rage.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
Join us with Rick Wilson to learn why in-person coalition building beats online rage.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/on-...
Our democracy operates with one party that's great at winning elections by exploiting fear and another party that confuses good policy papers with persuading voters.
This week, you’re in for a revealing conversation about what building pro-democracy power looks like... 🧵(1/3)
This week, you’re in for a revealing conversation about what building pro-democracy power looks like... 🧵(1/3)
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Our democracy operates with one party that's great at winning elections by exploiting fear and another party that confuses good policy papers with persuading voters.
This week, you’re in for a revealing conversation about what building pro-democracy power looks like... 🧵(1/3)
This week, you’re in for a revealing conversation about what building pro-democracy power looks like... 🧵(1/3)
TODAY: Did you know being pro-democracy now codes as "left"?
This week, we explore how pro-democracy is actually a big tent and how to build that coalition with Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson.
This week, we explore how pro-democracy is actually a big tent and how to build that coalition with Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson.
December 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
TODAY: Did you know being pro-democracy now codes as "left"?
This week, we explore how pro-democracy is actually a big tent and how to build that coalition with Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson.
This week, we explore how pro-democracy is actually a big tent and how to build that coalition with Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson.
Union membership went from 30% to 6% in the private sector since Reagan.
Meanwhile in Canada it's 30%. Northern Europe even higher.
Guess which countries have workers earning decent wages with stable jobs and real bargaining power?
We can STILL choose differently.
Meanwhile in Canada it's 30%. Northern Europe even higher.
Guess which countries have workers earning decent wages with stable jobs and real bargaining power?
We can STILL choose differently.
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Union membership went from 30% to 6% in the private sector since Reagan.
Meanwhile in Canada it's 30%. Northern Europe even higher.
Guess which countries have workers earning decent wages with stable jobs and real bargaining power?
We can STILL choose differently.
Meanwhile in Canada it's 30%. Northern Europe even higher.
Guess which countries have workers earning decent wages with stable jobs and real bargaining power?
We can STILL choose differently.
#ICYMI - How do we expand freedom beyond the wealthy? In this episode, Alex Zakaras explores worker power strategies, rebuilding countervailing organizations, and why billionaire mega-yachts exist while 750,000 Americans sleep in the streets.
Available now wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
Available now wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#ICYMI - How do we expand freedom beyond the wealthy? In this episode, Alex Zakaras explores worker power strategies, rebuilding countervailing organizations, and why billionaire mega-yachts exist while 750,000 Americans sleep in the streets.
Available now wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
Available now wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
Freedom happens from the ground up! Alex Zakaras shows us how worker ownership, unions, and collective organizing can transform what freedom actually means. This conversation will change how you think about power and choice!
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/equ...
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/equ...
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Freedom happens from the ground up! Alex Zakaras shows us how worker ownership, unions, and collective organizing can transform what freedom actually means. This conversation will change how you think about power and choice!
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/equ...
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/equ...
The biggest threat to democracy isn't foreign interference. It's elected leaders who dismantle it from within.
So, how do we push back? Through organizing, resistance, and pressure on elite actors, we defend the institutions that make freedom possible: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/equ...
So, how do we push back? Through organizing, resistance, and pressure on elite actors, we defend the institutions that make freedom possible: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/equ...
December 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The biggest threat to democracy isn't foreign interference. It's elected leaders who dismantle it from within.
So, how do we push back? Through organizing, resistance, and pressure on elite actors, we defend the institutions that make freedom possible: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/equ...
So, how do we push back? Through organizing, resistance, and pressure on elite actors, we defend the institutions that make freedom possible: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/equ...
Freedom isn't free. It requires power.
This week, Alex Zakaras explains why unions went from 30% to 6% of the private sector - and how we rebuild the collective power that once delivered real freedom for working people.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/equ...
This week, Alex Zakaras explains why unions went from 30% to 6% of the private sector - and how we rebuild the collective power that once delivered real freedom for working people.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/equ...
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Freedom isn't free. It requires power.
This week, Alex Zakaras explains why unions went from 30% to 6% of the private sector - and how we rebuild the collective power that once delivered real freedom for working people.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/equ...
This week, Alex Zakaras explains why unions went from 30% to 6% of the private sector - and how we rebuild the collective power that once delivered real freedom for working people.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/equ...
$50 billion stolen from workers every year through wage theft.
Tips withheld. Overtime unpaid. Less than minimum wage.
Meanwhile, only 600 labor inspectors exist for 165 million workers.
The laws are on the books. We just stopped enforcing them.
Tips withheld. Overtime unpaid. Less than minimum wage.
Meanwhile, only 600 labor inspectors exist for 165 million workers.
The laws are on the books. We just stopped enforcing them.
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
$50 billion stolen from workers every year through wage theft.
Tips withheld. Overtime unpaid. Less than minimum wage.
Meanwhile, only 600 labor inspectors exist for 165 million workers.
The laws are on the books. We just stopped enforcing them.
Tips withheld. Overtime unpaid. Less than minimum wage.
Meanwhile, only 600 labor inspectors exist for 165 million workers.
The laws are on the books. We just stopped enforcing them.